196 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [Oct.-Dec. 
of, the Department of Agriculture, the principal of the Imperial College of 
Tropical Agriculture, or the Commissioner of Agriculture for the West Indies. 
Such importation shall he made only under permit from the Director of Agri- 
culture, who may attach thereto such conditions as may seem to him desirable. 
DECLARED DISEASES 
Under the authority of section 2 of the Plant Protection Ordinance of 1919, 
chapter 138, the following are declared diseases : 
Bud rot disease (Phytophthora pahnivora Butler) of the coconut palm. 
Red ring disease (Aphelenchoides cocophilus (Cobb) Goodey) of the coconut 
palm. 
Little-leaf disease (undetermined). 
Mosaic disease of the sugarcane (Saccharum oflicinarum L.) 
Blossom blight or withertip of limes (Citrus aurantifolia) , (Gloeosporium 
limetticolum Clausen ) . 
Witches'-broom of Theobroma cacao L. (Marasmius pemiciosus Stahel). 
Panama disease (Fusarium cubense E. F. Sm.) (Proclamation No. 4 of 1934). 
DECLARED PESTS 
Bird vine or mistletoe (Loranthus (Struphanthus) dichotrianthus Mart.). 
Love vine or dodder (Cuscuta spp.). 
Coconut butterfly (Brassolis sophorae L.). 
Parasol ant (Atta cephalotcs L.). 
Cacao beetle (Steirastoma depression L.). 
Locusts (Schistocerca paranensis Burm., etc.). 
Palm weevil or gru-gru beetle (Rhynchophorus palmarum L.). 
Rhinoceros beetle (Strategus aloeus L.). 
Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata Wied.). 
Black bee ((Trigona) Melipona silvestriana Vachal) (Proclamation No. 7 
of 1932). 
B. E. P. Q. 419. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, PRESIDENCY OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS, 
BRITISH WEST INDIES 
November 20, 1936. 
This summary of the plant-quarantine import restrictions of the Presidency 
of the Virgin Islands has been prepared for the information of nurserymen, 
plant-quarantine officials, and others interested in the exportation of plants 
and plant products to those islands. 
It was prepared by Harry B. Shaw, plant quarantine inspector in charge, 
foreign information service, Division of Foreign Plant Quarantines, from the 
original texts of the Plants Protection Ordinance 1897, and the proclamation of 
December 27, 1935, and reviewed by the agricultural authority of the 
Presidency. 
The information contained in this circular is believed to be correct and 
complete up to the time of preparation, but it is not intended to be used 
independently of, nor as a substitute for, the original texts, and it is not to 
be interpreted as legally authoritative. 
Lee A. Strong, 
Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, PRESIDENCY OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS, 
british west indes 
Basic Legislation 
[The Plants Protection Ordinance No. 3 of June 10, 1897] 
This ordinance authorizes the Governor and Legislative Council to impose 
restrictions or prohibitions on the importation into the Presidency of the 
Virgin Islands of plants and plant products in the following terms: 
